hapless is a word that isn't used nearly enough around here. that's about to change.
here's a definition in case you're an idiot: Adj. 1. hapless - deserving or inciting pity; "a hapless victim"; "miserable victims of war"; "the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"- Galsworthy; "piteous appeals for help"; "pitiable homeless children"; "a pitiful fate"; "Oh, you poor thing"; "his poor distorted limbs"; "a wretched life"
i'll say....
Liz Phair: Took a risk and fell on her face worse than any artist in the history of rock.
In the same way Madonna can never live down her reputation for making shitty movies, Liz is pretty much fucked. Even a decent album will be dragged down by the dogshit baggage of her last two. And her even having another decent album in her is a stretch.
At least Madonna has a few other careers to fall back on, musician being one of them.
I dare you to come up with somebody more hapless than Liz. And it can't be
Courtney Love. Her downfall was fate and it suits her well, like bad puppies with their noses in the piss, so she isn't truly hapless.